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Originally Posted by GizmoTron

But I think the larger problem however is that rumor that apparently Ali read the script for the film and then told Marvel Execs to get a rewrite because he thought it was hot garbage.

Again, I have to stress that, despite my misgivings about his age (and I'm not that much younger than he is, lol), Ali is a a great actor and he obviously knows a crap script when he sees one. Glad he's in the position to demand Marvel/Disney not stick him in a bad movie, especially since it'll be HIS career on the line.

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Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue

Speaking of the new Blade movie...

https://www.murphysmultiverse.com/bl...iqs-departure/

Yeah. Not a good sign when your director fucks the fuck off right two months before filming was set to begin. Sounds like Ali was onto something for sure.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Age means nothing when it comes to movie magic. Roger Moore was 45 when he took on the role of James Bond even though Bond is supposed to be in his early 30s.

Apples and oranges. Or was Roger Moore doing complex martial arts fights comparable to Wesley Snipes' stuff and I missed it?

Oh, wait, he wasn't. Moore's fight scenes were fine but VERY basic compared to the Blade movies:

Moore was awesome as Bond, BTW.

Anyway, the dude in Shang Chi appeared to be doing most of his fight scenes, but I'm just afraid that Blade will end up looking like this:

Or this (I fucking swear this is how this scene was actually edited in the movie, nothing's been changed):

And I'm not really concerned that much with Ali's first outing as the character, as there are still guys who can do some amazing shit in their late 40's. But with an average of about 3-4 years between movies, Blade 2 would have him in his mid-50's and I don't even want to talk about Blade 3.